De Villo Sloan's Blog Posts Tagged 'Chicago-School' (18)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Neil Gordon (Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA)

January 25, 2012 - Neil Gordon is a relatively new…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Highland Park, Illinois, USA)

November 12, 2011 - Last week's mail brought an unusual reply piece from dearest friend Karen Champlin. For me, Karen is a…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

July 26, 2011 - Diane Keys' contribution the Asemics 16 collaborative mail-art book project delves into organic form and beyond to what I can only think to call…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

June 29, 2011 - Diane Keys (DK) sent me a nice mail-art package covering the current grocery list craze, gender roles, and (above) a pic of some very appealing…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Highland Park, Illinois, USA)

June 14, 2011 - Within the last few days, Bifidus Jones (Minnesota, USA) blogged a new piece of mail-art by Karen Champlin entitled "The Nascent…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

May 16, 2011 - What do you do after you've become a mail-art legend? Diane Keys (DK) has pioneered roadkill mail-art, re-birthed an obscure practice called Trashpo,…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

April 2, 2011 - In an earlier blog I jokingly referred to spring lines in the work of mail-artists. Maybe new lines are serious. As springtime arrives…

Fashionable mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

March 4, 2011 - Diane Keys has released a new line of of mail-art for spring that slipped off the postal runway into my box (with no postage due).…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Highland Park, Illinois, USA)

March 1, 2011 - My dear friend Karen Champlin sent this work that renews my appreciation for her talent. She seems to be scaling things down from the…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

January 17, 2011 - Karen Champlin has done a stunning new series of postcard-size asemic letters with stamp images, and I was very pleased to receive this…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois)

January 11, 2011 - After her meteoric rise to success in mail-art with the controversial Roadkill Club, Diane Keys became concerned she was a one hit wonder.…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

December 11, 2010 - Karen Champlin has embarked on a new project to integrate asemic writing into her distinctive mail-art assemblages. I am very fortunate to have received two pieces from the series. As always, I am…

September 3, 2010 - Karen Champlin and I joined the IUOMA about three months ago, only days apart if not on the same day. She was one of my first friends, and it has been a joy watching her art evolve and blossom. I saw her earliest pieces as posts on this site. My first reaction was that they were assemblages of…

August 21, 2010 - Julian Grant's mailart arrived in New York this week. This is another item I have been eagerly anticipating this summer, and it was worth the wait. Julian is one of many mailartists I have met for the first time through the IUOMA. His blogging to share work he has received with us and his extraordinary talent have provided me…